Here's how you know a player is extra special: His name inspires an adjective. And in the first decade of the 21st Century, amazing plays became "Datsyukian."
There were Datsyukian dekes, (coined by Red Wings announcer Ken Daniels), and Datsyukian goals and Datsyukian passes and Datsyukian dangles and Datsyukian backchecks and Datsyukian steals of the puck.
For more of Pavel Datsyuk's 100 Greatest Players bio, please click here.
Here's how you know a player is extra special: His name inspires an adjective. And in the first decade of the 21st Century, amazing plays became "Datsyukian."
There were Datsyukian dekes, (coined by Red Wings announcer Ken Daniels), and Datsyukian goals and Datsyukian passes and Datsyukian dangles and Datsyukian backchecks and Datsyukian steals of the puck.
For more of Pavel Datsyuk's 100 Greatest Players bio, please click here.
NOTES & TRANSACTIONS
- NHL Second All-Star Team (2009)
- Played in NHL All-Star Game (2004, 2008, 2012)
- Signed as a free agent by Dynamo Moscow (Russia), June 19, 2004.
- Signed as a free agent by CSKA Moscow (KHL), September 22, 2012.
- Traded to Arizona by Detroit with Detroit's 1st round pick (Jakob Chychrun) in 2016 NHL Draft for Joe Vitale, NY Rangers' 1st round pick (previously acquired, Detroit selected Dennis Cholowski) in 2016 NHL Draft and Arizona's 2nd round pick (Filip Hronek) in 2016 NHL Draft, June 24, 2016.
- Signed as a free agent by St. Petersburg (KHL), July 8, 2016.
